Jingtai Fenghua

Chapter 300 Returning Hometown
Lin Cunde's eldest aunt is still cleaning up Lin Cunde's old house, and she is actually not sure whether Lin Cunde will live at home. After all, Lin Cunde is a marquis and has a high status. The prefect and county magistrate from Ji'an have come here several times. !
And they also knew that Lin Cunde had been adopted as an adopted son by the Queen Mother! The status is even higher!

Moreover, there have long been rumors here that Lin Cunde came back to deal with those corrupt officials. He had dealt with many in Zhejiang before, and he is still dealing with them now!
After cleaning up Zhejiang, we will clean up Jiangxi!
At the same time, the New Deal will be implemented in Jiangxi. Some officials support the New Deal, but most officials are not interested in the New Deal at the moment. What they are worried about is whether they can keep their jobs and what will happen to their families.
Some officials wanted to escape, but were directly caught by the Jin Yiwei. There were also some officials' family members who wanted to escape, but were also caught by the Jin Yiwei!

Therefore, those officials whose family members were arrested also knew in their hearts that their good days were over and their homes could be raided at any time!
After dawn the next day, Lin Cunde continued to move forward. The prefect of Fuzhou Prefecture and the county magistrates all stood on the road and sent Lin Cunde off with sad faces. They did not dare not to come, but they also hoped to come. They just hoped that Lin Cunde could come. Say a word to them!

But Lin Cunde is here, and all the local officials are missing, which makes people panic!
Lin Cunde looked at the officials, nodded, then turned around and got on the carriage and set off!

That night, I arrived at a county in Ji'an Prefecture. The county magistrate did not appear on Zhu Ji's list. Therefore, when the county magistrate came to ask for an audience, Lin Cunde summoned him, but at first glance, he found that the magistrate was almost sixty. Well, in the past, people were promoted to vacancies, and the vacancies were not filled until the age of fifty. I used to be the county magistrate in another county, but this time I was transferred here.

Lin Cunde said a few words to him and asked him to rest!

The county magistrate was very happy and felt a lot more relaxed. Lin Cunde had passed through so many counties before, but he did not summon the county magistrate, not even the prefect. The Jiangxi Governor sent someone to greet him, but Lin Cunde ignored him! Leaving those officials on the roadside is so worrying!
This is why the Ming Dynasty’s nobles are not on the same level as those civil servants. Maybe at some point, the civil servants have more power than the nobles, and the nobles have to look at the faces of those civil servants to act. But in the local area, the nobles are the top ones. One level up!

Lin Cunde continued to move forward the next day. Lin Cunde expected to arrive at his hometown at noon today!

This time Lin Cunde led 15,000 soldiers from the military camp. Among them, 8,000 were sent by Lin Cunde to Nanchang and asked the commander of the Nanchang capital to arrange accommodation. The remaining 2,000 cavalry all followed Lin Cunde. Therefore, Lin Cunde's team , it was so majestic, and many people came to watch!

They all know that the Marquis of Luling of Ji'an Prefecture has returned to his hometown to visit his relatives. Moreover, this Marquis is only seventeen years old. He was awarded the title of Marquis based on his military merits. In the battle of Shanhaiguan, he killed 50,000 enemies!
With such a young man, how can the people of Ji'an Prefecture not be happy? For them, it is also a matter of pride!

Therefore, Lin Cunde sat on the carriage, opened the curtain, looked at so many people outside, and looked at so many familiar buildings, Lin Cunde felt at ease!

"Master, are we almost here?" Qiu Shuang also sat on Lin Cunde's carriage, looking at the houses outside, and asked curiously!
The architecture in Jiangxi is a mixture of Huizhou style, but it also has its own characteristics. Of course, most of the houses are adobe houses, or even thatched houses. Only the landlords or those who are officials in the family have blue brick houses. Moreover, only the main building is a blue brick house, and other buildings may also be adobe houses!
Today's people are still very poor, so it's good to have a full stomach!

Of course, there are many landlords, businessmen, and officials in Jiangxi, so you can see many blue brick houses in every village!

"Yeah. It should be coming soon. The last time I came back, I was less than ten years old, and I came back with my mother and elder brother! The old house in my hometown was built, and my father didn't have time to come back, so we three came back!" Lin Cunde nodded, childhood memories flashing through his mind.

When Qiu Shuang heard Lin Cunde mention his parents and elder brother, he stopped talking.

"Things have changed, but I remember these buildings. When I came back last time, I came back with the caravan. I like to open the curtain and look at the scenery outside. I remember those buildings!" Lin Cunde pointed in the distance! He said to Qiu Shuang as he walked to several more conspicuous buildings.

"Young master has such a good memory!" Qiu Shuang looked at Lin Cunde and said with a smile.

Lin Cunde nodded, recalling the scene of the last time he came back in his mind. The last time he came back, his grandparents, uncles and aunts were very happy. The whole family was waiting for the three of them in front of the newly completed new house!

Now, only I am back alone. In five years, many things have become memories and thoughts!

Lin Cunde just kept looking outside. Unknowingly, two lines of clear tears fell from his cheeks. After Qiu Shuang saw it, he quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped it for Lin Cunde!
"Hey, ha!" Lin Cunde also woke up from his memories at this moment and smiled bitterly!
Near noon, Lin Cunzhen rode up to Lin Cunde's carriage and shouted to Lin Cunde: "Fifth brother, we are almost there, the village in front is almost home!"

"Yeah!" Lin Cunde nodded!

Soon, the carriage passed a stone bridge. There were two large camphor trees next to the stone bridge. Under the camphor trees was a pool. Lin Cunde still remembered that the last time he came back, his brother Lin Cunshan and his second brother Lin Cunyi were in the creek under the camphor trees. Bath and swim inside!
Lin Cunde's carriage had just passed the stone bridge. Immediately, firecrackers rang out in the village. The crackling sound was deafening, and it also brought Lin Cunde back from his thoughts!
The carriage continues to move forward amidst the sound of firecrackers!
Lin Cunde opened the front curtain and saw many people in the villages along the road. Looking at him, the Lin family's village was not small. There were more than two hundred houses, all surnamed Lin. The ancestors were divided into three branches. The three brothers founded the foundation here. !
Therefore, three ancestral halls were built, divided into the Changfang Ancestral Hall, the Second Fang Ancestral Hall and the Sanfang Ancestral Hall. Lin Cunde’s branch belongs to the Sanfang Ancestral Hall! The Lin family has been in this village for almost four hundred years! Although they are divided into three rooms, the village is so big, so they are all very familiar!
However, Lin Cunde was not familiar with those people. Lin Cunde was born in the village. He went out with his father when he was two years old. He came back once when he was five years old and once when he was less than ten years old. This is the third time he has come back. He came back twice before. , and I didn’t stay in my hometown for more than a month. It is estimated that the time will be shorter this time!
The carriage continued to move forward, heading straight to Lin Cunde's old house!

Outside, almost all the people from the Lin family were mobilized. Lin Cunde was the Marquis. The Marquis returned to the village to visit relatives. Not to mention this village, almost all the people from the surrounding villages and towns were here. They were everywhere. people!

Those people were very surprised when they saw the cavalry on horseback in front and behind the carriage, holding spears and sabers hanging on their waists. They were so majestic!

They have never seen such a battle.

At the door of Lin Cunde's old house, the old man and the old lady stood at the front. The old man was supported by Lin Cunren, and the old lady was supported by Lin Xianglong. They were the eldest son and grandson!

The eldest aunt is holding Lin Cunren's eldest son Lin Jiadong, and Lin Cunren's wife Hu is holding her eldest daughter. The eldest daughter is just over a year old, and she is holding her second son Lin Jialiang on her hand. Lin Jialiang is already three years old! Standing behind the old man and the old lady,

Then there is the family of Lin Xianghu and Lin Xiangbao!

Next to them, there were officials from Ji'an Prefecture, as well as some Juren, who were also coming to greet him!

The carriage quickly arrived at the door of the old house. Lin Cunde remembered this old house and lived here for more than twenty days! Four houses are lined up in a row. The one on the far left is Lin Xianglong's house, the middle is the old house belonging to Lin Cunde, and then the houses of Lin Xianghu and Lin Xiangbao!
The four houses are exactly the same and have the same layout. When my father came back with the money, he gave it to his uncle to build the house, and each of the four brothers had a house.

The carriage was stable, and a guard brought Dumpling. Lin Cunde got off the carriage!
Seeing the whole family there, he walked over with a smile with tears in his eyes, calling his grandparents in his mouth. He lifted up his hem and was about to kneel down, but the old man quickly stopped him with his quick eyes and hands: "Good grandson, come back. Just come back!" The old man said with tears!
But Lin Cunde still knelt down, but he couldn't kowtow. Grandma also held Lin Cunde's arm and cried: "My dear grandson, get up quickly, get up quickly!"

"Grandson, get up!" The old man also pulled Lin Cunde up.

"My unfilial grandson is back, please forgive me!" Lin Cunde said in his mouth.

"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back!" Grandpa and grandma kept saying this!
Then Lin Cunde came to his uncle and was about to kneel down, but he was pulled back. Logically speaking, Lin Cunde had to kneel. When a wanderer returns home, he needs to kneel down to his parents. But now that Lin Cunde's parents are not here, he can only kneel down to his uncle and aunt. !

The eldest uncle and eldest aunt were also very happy, but the eldest aunt kept crying. When she saw Lin Cunde, she thought of Lin Cunde's parents. The eldest aunt and Lin Cunde's mother had been sisters-in-law for almost twenty years, and they had never blushed. There was no arguing over anything!

Before Lin Cunde's father passed the Jinshi examination, the whole family lived in an adobe house with only five rooms in total, one for grandparents, one for uncle and aunt, one for Lin Cunde's parents, and one for two aunts. , two uncles live in one room!
And the two uncles still lived in that very small room, a small wing behind the shrine!

Later, after my father became an official, the two aunts also got married. The third uncle lived in the room assigned to his parents and got married there. The fourth uncle lived in the room where the two aunts lived and got married there!
Before Lin Cunde's father passed the Jinshi examination, his family was very poor!

At the beginning, my uncle was dedicated to supporting Lin Cunde's father to study. As long as it was something to make money, he would do anything. In autumn and winter, he would dig lotus roots, cut firewood, catch fish, and hunt. He would go there in the middle of the night. When he got it back, he would let his grandfather sell it in exchange for money. Lin Xiangfeng studied and worked in other people's homes during the day. After work, she went to work in her own farmland. She worked 365 days a year, except for the first day of the Lunar New Year, and she never had a day off. Such days lasted for twelve full years.

Therefore, Lin Cunde's parents respected his uncle and aunt very much!

(End of this chapter)